Railway tie plate



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Application lea July 11,

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM E. linen, a citizen or the United States,residing at Miami, in the county of Dade, State of Florida, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Tie Plates; andll do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ot theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to new and usei'ul improvements in railway railfastening devices, and particularly to devices for holding rails onties.

One object of the invention is to provide a device ot this characterwhich is simple in construction, cheap to manutacture, and which willeffectively maintain the rail and spike against any movement.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is soconstructed that rails of dierent widths may be readily accommodated,and the spikes etl'ectively held against working out ot the ties.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent trom the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view ot a rail and a portion of a tie, showingthe invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the rail, showing theinvention in end elevation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the rail and the invention appliedthereto.

Figure t is a plan view of the blank from which the device is formed.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents aportion of a railway tie, and 11 a portion of a rail disposed thereon,and in connection with which the present invention is used.

Disposed on the tie, beneath the rail, and on which the rail rests, is ametal plate 12, the opposite ends of which project beyond the sides otthe base flange ot the rail, as clearly seen in the plan and sectionalview. Formed on one end ot the plate 12 are the tongues 18, which arebent upwardly and 1922. Serial No. 574,274.

inwardly, to lie on the heads of the spikes 11,1., so that the spikeswill be prevented Jfrom becomingv loose with respect to the tie.

ln the opposite end or the plate 12 there are formed two inwardlyextending parallel cuts 15, resulting' in the tongue 16, said tongue,however, seing considerably longer than the cuts, in view oi the t'actthat said end o1 the plate had been out transversely, Y om its ends, tothe said cuts. This tongue 16 is hendable to extend upwardly andinwardly, ou the head or" a spike 17, and with ns terminal lying againstthe side tace 0i l l in the intermediate portion or the tongue 16.

r that portion which is arranged to be bent, is a slot 18 ot a width toreceive the shank ot the spike 17 therethrough.

Attention is called to the fact that the slot 1S is et suiticient lengthto permit the insertion oit the spike 17, whether the rail base is wideor narrow, the latter case perni l; g the spike to lie in the innerportion oit the slot, so that the portions 18', at the sides of theslot, will partially embrace the head of the spike. In the former caf'the spike 17 will lie in the outer portion oi ihe slot 18, so that theportion, outwardly ot' the outer end of the slot, will embrace andoverlie the head of the spike. Tous rails ci? dili'erent widths may bereadily accommodated and the spikes held against movement relative tothe tie.

As seen in Figure Il, the cuts 15 of the plate, are wide, and narrowportions of the plate removed trom opposite sides of the tongue 1G.rlhis permits ready access to the tongue tor bending the same upwardlyand inwardly over the head or" the spike 1'?.

ldlhat is claimed is:

1. A rail fastener comprising a plate having spike engagingl bendabletongues on one end and a bendalole spike engaging tongue ou the otherend, the bernlable portion ot the said tongue being longitudinallyslotted Alor the reception ot the shank ot a spike.

2. A rail fastener comprising a plate having tongues extending trom oneend and bendable to overlie the heads ot spikes, the opposite end otlthe plate being inwardly out to produce a bendable tongue, the tonguebeing longitudinally slotted at the bendable portion thereof wherebyrails of different sind being longitudinally slotted in its porl0 widthswill be received and spikes properly tion inwardly of the end of theplatte. engageahle in the slot. In testimony whereof, l elx my signa- 3.A rail fastener comprising a plate havture, in the presence of twowitnesses. inotongues extendin from one end thereof? the opposite endtot' the plate being in- WELLIM E' KNOX' wardly cut on parallel lineswith. a resultlVitnesses: ant intermediate tongue, said tongue eX- A. D.PENNEY. tending beyond the said end of the plate J. D. FUSSELL.

